McDowell has only competed in one major – this year’s US Open – since joining LIV in 2022.<\/p>\n
But he insists he has “no regrets” about making the switch, which came at a time when he considering stepping away from competitive golf. <\/p>\n
“In April and May of 2022, I was contemplating the end of my career,” he said.<\/p>\n
“I’d even been on the phone with TV networks thinking about commentary. LIV gave me a runway to keep competing. Here I am four years later, still chasing my dream every day. I’ll always be thankful for that.”<\/p>\n
With his 50th birthday less than three years away, McDowell says the seniors circuit is now a realistic next chapter.<\/p>\n
“It would be amazing to be a rookie again. Seeing [Ian] Poulter and [Henrik] Stenson at the US Senior Open was inspiring. <\/p>\n
“The question is how I stay competitive for the next couple of years so I’m ready at 50.”<\/p>\n
He added: “I’ve missed a lot of things, the European Tour, the PGA Tour, the majors, the pathways, the crowds, the camaraderie.<\/p>\n
“Being back at Shinnecock (Hills, for the US Open) was amazing. Seeing all the lads again, the reception, the friendships – you realise how much you took for granted. I’ve missed it all, massively.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"McDowell has only competed in one major – this year’s US Open – since joining LIV in 2022.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-707267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}